"Your Majesty, what is this?" Yao Chong was the first to speak. Other than the Emperor, he had the highest authority here.
Zhang Shuo did not seem to be in a good mood.
Wei Zhigu was in an even worse mood. No one would be happy to be demoted.
Lu Huaishen did not mind. He would listen to whatever Yao Chong said.
Yuan Qianyao was interested. The Imperial Secretariat probably had work to do.
He had helped the Sitong Temple build many curved plows and reaping tools. He could tell what kind of tool this was.
Thus, he went forward and saw a place that he thought was quite interesting, so he stepped on it.
Crack! Crack! Everyone was startled when they heard the sound.
Yao Chong seemed to have found the trick. He pulled Yuan Qianyao to one side and stepped on it himself.
Kacha, kacha, rumble. The tube started to spin.
Everyone saw it, but they did not know what it was for.
They all looked at Li Longji.
Li Longji smiled and asked, "Do you know how wheat and rice fall off the stalk?"
The five of them looked at each other. How did it fall off? With your hands?
Li Longji sighed to himself when he saw their expressions.
He had thought that they were all good officials. Why were they so much worse than Brother Yi?
How could they not know how to remove the grains?
He did not ask them to analyze the upper echelons of the Tubo and Turkic Empire.
He did not need them to know how to train cavalry and archers.
He did not need them to come up with good things that would benefit the people.
As for trying to figure out Shangxin like Yang Xiu, Brother Yi was enough.
Aiya, he had a headache just thinking about it.
How did Brother Yi know that he wanted a strong army? Moreover, he wanted archers and cavalry.
How could they not know how to remove the grains?
"Gao Lishi." Li Longji called him out.
Gao Lishi answered, "Place the wheat with stalks on the ground with a hammer or dry it with chains."
His answer was correct. He had been learning farming recently.
He had learned how to raise chickens, ducks, and pigs.
He had been waiting for this moment. Now that Her Majesty asked, he had to know.
When the five of them heard this, a look of understanding appeared on their faces. So it turned out that he didn't use his hands to grab her. Looking at the situation, it was a misunderstanding.
Yao Chong did not need the Emperor to ask again and directly said, "It must be very difficult."
"Yes!" Li Longji lightly nodded, "And this thing is … Take off! Grain! God! Weapons! "
The five of them looked at each other again. How should they play?
What does it have to do with this, to press with a mace and flail?
Divine Artifact? There had been a lot of divine weapons recently. He saw another one.
"Men, send wheat stalks, mules, and flails to the door." Li Longji had already prepared everything.
Outside men arrived with bundles of straw, and whips and flails.
Everyone went out.
The straw was spread on the bluestone ground.
Li Longji ordered, "Everyone, give it a try."
So saying, he took one of the flails, and began to beat it, and the head of the flail went round in a circle, and looked quite decent.
Thus, everyone took a few shots. After a few minutes, they squatted down to take a look. Oh my god! Why were there so few grains?
Mules were put on, and people pulled. Puff, puff, puff. A few minutes later.
The effect was not bad, and there were more grains than the ones he took.
After seeing the officials experience it, he had a personal experience.
Li Longji ordered people to carry out the footwork inside, and personally grabbed a handful of straw.
Stepping on it, the tube rotated, and he placed the straw on it. Crackle, crackle, finish.
Picking up another handful, crackle, crackle, finish.
It was so fast, there was no other way.
The five of them stretched their necks and widened their eyes.
They had personally taken off the grain just now, and now they were sweating all over.
"How, how can it … be like this?" Yao Chong stuttered.
The other four nodded in agreement, but their minds were full of question marks.
After a few breaths, Yuan Qianyao, who was wiping his sweat and panting, swallowed his saliva, "I, I feel that this, this thing is unreasonable."
"Is it beneficial to the people?" Li Longji was in a good mood, and this was the effect he wanted.
"Yes!" The five of them replied in unison.
"Your Majesty, let me try." Zhang Shuo could not help but grab a handful of straw and stand beside Li Longji.
Li Longji stepped aside, and Zhang Shuo stepped on it himself. Although he was a little unfamiliar with it, he still managed to learn it.
Without waiting for him to grab a second handful, Wei Zhigu pushed him away. Crackle, crackle.
Each of them tried it once, and it felt so good.
"Your Majesty, this is a divine weapon. Who is it? "Yao Chong's desire for knowledge soared.
Li Longji smiled but did not speak. Yao Chong gritted his teeth.
Gao Lishi spoke from the side, "Your Majesty, many merchants know."
"Uh ~ ~!" Li Longji paused, and said helplessly, "I will tell you, but you are not allowed to look for him."
"Why?" Yao Chong argued. Why are you not allowing us to look for him?
If we find him and get him to work as a craftsman in the Ministry of Imperial Studies, how many good things can he make?
Li Longji saw Yao Chong's expression and knew what he was thinking. He clasped his hands behind his back, "The Three Character Classics were made by the same person."
"Ah?" The five of them were surprised.
Yao Chong immediately dismissed the idea of sending him to the Ministry of Imperial Studies. He was actually not a craftsman.
"Your Majesty, please tell us to wait." Zhang Shuo's face was conflicted.
Li Longji sighed softly, "Seven Li Baishui East Bank of Tonghua Gate …"
"Li Yi, Zhuangzi?" The five of them said in unison.
"You know?" Li Longji was puzzled.
Yao Chong shook his head, "This subject did not know that Li Yi had made so many things. This subject only knows that Zhuangzi's soy sauce and hundred boiled round eggs are very expensive. This subject has only eaten soy sauce three times."
The other four nodded, indicating that they had also eaten soy sauce and knew its price.
"You have worked hard, but it's just soy sauce. There's no need to be like this. Gao Lishi, prepare a catty for each of you. "Li Longji shook his head slightly and handed out soy sauce.
This was because he knew how cheap soy sauce was. It was bought in the palace for 55 coins per catty.
Outside, it was traded with pigs and given a discount. After it was sold, it was at least 1500 coins per catty.
It was even more expensive than the best wine in a restaurant.
There were rumors of people adding salt water to soy sauce. There were also a few fake soy sauces, but the taste was not right at all.
The five officials thanked him, but they did not pay much attention to the soy sauce. Instead, they stared at the threshing machine in front of them.
Even if they did not know how to threshing before, they understood after doing it once.
It was simply not done by humans.
"It turns out that the meals we eat are actually so difficult." Lu Huaishen sighed.
They usually said that the common people suffered because they looked at the data. When they heard others say that the common people did not have enough to eat, they felt that their days were difficult.
They had only worked for a short while today, but their bodies were sore all over.
Therefore, the threshing machine in front of them had proven its status as a divine tool.
"Your Majesty, what about the other one?" Wei Zhigu looked at the second one. It looked different in some places.
"The other one … the other one is even better than this one. It is driven by water. A waterwheel can hold a few and there is no need for people to step on it."
Li Longji introduced the second threshing machine that was driven by water.
As long as there was a river, a waterwheel could be set up and installed. Everything else was done by grinding wheat straws.
Wei Zhigu suddenly understood the purpose of His Majesty calling him here. The Ministry of Works was in charge of water conservancy and other matters.
"Your Majesty, do you want to promote it to the world?" Zhang Shuo touched his hands and said. His hands were blistered. He did not notice it when he was flinging the flail.
Li Longji waved his hand. "There is no hurry. Yi … Li Yi said that we will use it in the capital office first. When other places know about it, they will naturally learn it."
"Your Majesty, why don't we summon Li Yi to the imperial court to ask about it." Yuan Qianyao suggested. He wanted to ask for more good technology.
"No need. I do not allow you to go there." Li Longji still refused.
What a joke. If they find me and know who I am, can I still go to Zhuangzi to play happily?
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